Anthropological criminology 2.0: Ethnographies of global crime and criminalization

TY - JOUR

T1 - Anthropological criminology 2.0: Ethnographies of global crime and criminalization

AU - Sausdal, David

AU - Vigh, Henrik Erdman

PY - 2019/12

Y1 - 2019/12

N2 - This introduction seeks to outline a contemporary anthropological approach to crime and criminalization, an "anthropological criminology 2.0." This anthropological criminology distances the subfield from its social Darwinist connotations and instead etches itself clearly onto a social and political anthropological tradition. In doing so, the introduction moves from Malinowski's initial functionalist and localist approach to present-day political and global orientations. It offers five distinct propositions for anthropological criminology to engage with in the future, which we believe are essential for future anthropological studies of crime and criminalization. With these as guidelines, we hope to fully revive a much-needed dialogue between criminology and anthropology. As we shall see, anthropological and ethnographic insights are currently in demand as global, yet poorly understood, forms of crime are developing alongside ever cruder and more amplified reactions to them.

AB - This introduction seeks to outline a contemporary anthropological approach to crime and criminalization, an "anthropological criminology 2.0." This anthropological criminology distances the subfield from its social Darwinist connotations and instead etches itself clearly onto a social and political anthropological tradition. In doing so, the introduction moves from Malinowski's initial functionalist and localist approach to present-day political and global orientations. It offers five distinct propositions for anthropological criminology to engage with in the future, which we believe are essential for future anthropological studies of crime and criminalization. With these as guidelines, we hope to fully revive a much-needed dialogue between criminology and anthropology. As we shall see, anthropological and ethnographic insights are currently in demand as global, yet poorly understood, forms of crime are developing alongside ever cruder and more amplified reactions to them.

KW - anthropology

KW - crime

KW - criminalization

KW - criminology

KW - ethnography

KW - globalization

U2 - 10.3167/fcl.2019.850101

DO - 10.3167/fcl.2019.850101

M3 - Editorial

SN - 0920-1297

SP - 1

EP - 14

JO - Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology

JF - Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology

IS - 85

ER -